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Old 11-11-2012, 10:16 AM
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Originally Posted by wild_cat View Post
Hello again.

I'm interested to know if anybody has problems relating to sound sensitivity. I have significant problems coping with too much sound, which seems to impact on muscle weakness. For example, I cannot hold a conversation if there is any background noise as it makes my muscle weakness much worse. Similarly talking whilst standing up or trying to walk is an absolute no-no.

Does anybody else have this problem?

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Those are three separate issues:

1. There is sensitivity to loud mostly high pitched sounds because the small muscle in our inner ear is not working properly to dampen them.

2. Holding a conversation with background noise requires talking louder, which means putting more efforts to articulate each word. So, it is not a surprise that this extra effort makes you weaker.

3. Any activity that you do requires respiratory efforts. (even if you are not aware of it), talking requires respiratory efforts. So, doing both=more respiratory efforts which can exceed your limits.
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